Sentences with phrase «called peat bogs»
As it turns out, the cold water swamps in Ireland called peat bogs are the perfect environment for preserving organic matter and allowing it to safely ferment, improving the nutrient profile and digestibility.
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Written by a commission of 25 biologists and industrialists brought together by conservation bodies, it calls on the government to revoke all planning permission for peat cutting on bogs with conservation value, and to pay compensation where due.
In recent years, climate scientists have been concerned about a so - called «methane time bomb» on land, which would be detonated when warming Arctic temperatures melt permafrost and cause frozen vegetation in peat bogs and other areas to decay, releasing methane and carbon dioxide.
Greenpeace, which warns of an imminent «climate bomb» due to the destruction of rich forests and peat bogs that currently serve as a massive carbon sink, reports groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Flora and Fauna International have joined them in calling for an end to the conversion of forests to croplands for the production of biofuels
Methane bubbles and peat bog belches Swedish researchers have been in Lappland last month drilling holes in peat bogs and at higher points on what are called «peat plateaus» - up to 700 meters above sea level - to test the permafrost's temperature at various depths.
To track the retreat, Payette and his colleagues looked at distinctive plant - covered mounds called palsas that form naturally over ice in the soil of northern peat bogs.